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1100 Bel Air Place was designed as Julio Iglesias' breakthrough to the American audience, finding the Latin superstar recording with producer Richard Perry -- the architect behind blockbusters by Barbra Streisand, Ringo Starr and Harry Nilsson -- and duetting with such established American superstars as Diana Ross, Stan Getz, the Beach Boys and Willie Nelson. The latter, of course, provided Iglesias with the key to his crossover with a duet on Hal David and Albert Hammond's "To All the Girls I've Loved Before," a song that became ubiquitous in 1984. If 1100 Bel Air Place is a bit too tied to that year -- not just through the presence of its blockbuster hit, but also through Perry's cavernous '80s production, a brittle affair where even studio pros sound like synthesizers -- it is nevertheless a testament to the commercial savviness of all involved. Perry captured the sound of adult contemporary radio circa 1984 just perfectly, creating the ideal vehicle for Iglesias' smooth vocals, which skirted just on the edge of being schmaltzy but never went over that edge.
CONDITION: NEW! PUNCHED UPC!
TRACK LISTINGS
1 All of You
2 Two Lovers
3 Bambou Medley: Il Tape Sur des Bambous/Jamaica
4 The Air That I Breathe
5 The Last Time
6 Moonlight Lady
7 When I Fall in Love
8 Me Va, Me Va
9 If (E Poi)
10 To All the Girls I've Loved Before
11 I Don't Want to Wake You Bonus Track
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